Insect-exit eyelet for screens.



H. B. WILSON.

INSECT EXIT EYBLET FOR SGRBENS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 13, 1911.

1,049,022, I Patented Dec. 31.-1912.

awe/MM v ()VaaT/j VI LZYOM G1 Nome/41 HARRY B. WILSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA.

INSECT-EXIT EYELEI FOR SCREENS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 13, 1911.

Patented Dec. 31,1312.

Serial No. 632,937.

T 0 all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY B. WVILsoN, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at San Francisco, in thecounty of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Insect-Exit Eyelets for Screens, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to screen attachments, and more particularly tothe class of insect exit eyelets for fly screens.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an eyelet ofthis character in which the same may be readily and easily inserted inthe wire mesh cloth of a window screen or door, and held therein, sothat flies upon the inside of an inclosure may find an exit through thescreen.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an eyelet of thischaracter in which the body thereof is preferably formed from metal orother material, and is of substantially tubiform shape provided with anoutstruck mutilated thread which permits the body to be screwed into thewire mesh cloth into proper position, thus permitting the exit of fliesthrough the screen or wire mesh cloth from the interior of an inclosureto the outside thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an eyelet of thischaracter which is simple in construction, strong, durable, andinexpensive in manufacture.

W'ith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a fragmentary elevation of a wire meshscreen cloth, showing a plurality of the eyelets constructed inaccordance with the invention mounted therein. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of one of the eyelets removed from the wire mesh cloth. Fig. 3is a detail sectional view taken through the wire mesh cloth and eyelet,the latter being mounted therein. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of theeyelet, showing in detail the mutilated thread thereon. Fig. 5 is an endelevation.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5

designates a wire mesh cloth for use in win dow or door screens in theordinary wellknown manner, and in which are adapted to be inserted theexit eyelets, presently described.

Each exit eyelet comprises a tubiform body 6, preferably constructedfrom aluminum or other metal, although the same may be made from anysuitable material, if desired, one end of the body being formed with anout-turned annular flange 7 which is adapted to contact with the innerface of the wire mesh cloth 5, when the said body is inserted inposition therein.

Spaced a short distance from the flange 7 and out-struck from thetubular body 5 is a mutilated thread 8, one end of which is offset oroutwardly curved, as at 9, so that the eyelet may be screwed into thewire mesh cloth 5, without injury thereto, and also to avoid thenecessity of forming the eyelets in the cloth when being made. Theeyelets are secured in the cloth at different points thereof to suit thefancy of the user of the same. The tubifo-rm body 5 of each eyelet isforced through one of the interstices of the wire cloth, by inserting atool or implement like an awl or a lead pencil, so as to increase thesize of the interstices correspondingly to that of the tubiform body,whereupon the said body will be turned, so that the screw thread thereonwill engage with the wires of the wire mesh cloth 5, whereby the latterwill engage between the said thread and the flange on the body, the saidflange being adapted to contact with the inner face of the cloth, whilethe greater portion of the free end of the body will project beyond theouter face thereof, and in this manner the flies on the inside of aninclosure may gain eXit through the eyelets to the outside of the windowscreen or door.

From the foregoing, it will be obvious that flies in crawling upon thescreen will pass through the opening in the body 5 of the eyelet andescape to the outside of the inclosure. The eyelet may be produced atinder and a rib outstruck from and sura slight cost, and will entirelyovercome the annoyance of having a few flies in the room.

What is claimed is: As an article of manufacture, an eyelet for screenscomprising a cylinder, an out-turned annular flange formed at one end ofthe cyltherebetween and having one end outwardly curved and taperedtoward the free end oi? the cylinder whereby said tapered end mergesinto the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY B. \VILSON. Vitnesses:

J HN OSHEA, H. Q. JOHNSON.

rounding a greater portion of the cylinder at a point contiguous to theflange, the ends of the rib being separated to provide a gap Gopies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

